Re: Hot standby, recovery infra

Simon Riggs wrote:
> I'm thinking to add a new function that will allow crash testing easier.
> 
> pg_crash_standby() will issue a new xlog record, XLOG_CRASH_STANDBY,
> which when replayed will just throw a FATAL error and crash Startup
> process. We won't be adding that to the user docs...
> 
> This will allow us to produce tests that crash the server at specific
> places, rather than trying to trap those points manually.

Heh, talk about a footgun ;-). I don't think including that in CVS is a 
good idea.

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